Plans to Prosper and Not to Harm You

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.  Hebrews 10:23

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.  Deuteronomy 31:8

     
Deserts

It didn't exactly look like a real sand desert, but there'd been a drought and everything and everyone was suffering from the lack of rain. The river behind our apartment wasn't it's usual bubbly, busy self, rushing loudly among the rocks and boulders. The animals were scrounging for food; bears were boldly coming into town in broad daylight to forage from the crabapple trees. Winter would be coming, and they were anxious to store away the needed 20,000 calories a day to hold them through winter.

Not a desert, just a temporary drought. Deserts are dry, dusty, and hot. They feel and look lifeless and unending. Spiritual deserts can be difficult places in our lives, for sure.

In the book of Exodus, beginning in the third chapter, we find the amazing and awesome account of Moses, beginning in the desert. At the time, Moses was simply and faithfully carrying out his day to day tasks, being a shepherd. It was a far cry and a long way from where he'd grown up.

After he had an encounter with the Lord in a burning bush, his life took a dramatic turn. During the time he was there, God had fine-tuned his hearing (he could hear and recognize the Lord loud and clear), he had his priorities straight (he couldn't figure out how this was going to happen but he trusted God and was obedient to His leading) and GOD PROVIDED (He gave him a staff to do miracles with, and a person to talk for him since he stuttered).

One thing to remember in the desert is that God is not absent. He may be `invisible', but He is nonetheless there, watching over us and putting together situations, people, and circumstances in our lives that will strengthen and equip us for where He is bringing us. He has not forgotten us. God has a plan for us, and it is good.* Even in the deserts.

That's good news.

* For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Jeremiah 29:11

      

Inspirational messages by Sally I. Kennedy  Sally I. Kennedy. ©2012

Thank You Lord, Thank You Mama Mary and St. Jude

Thank you Lord God.. Thank you Mama Mary and St. Jude for your intercessions. Hubby told me today that this morning his poop was not watery and it was okay, praise You Lord. Thank you Lord. I praise you Lord for this very big improvement. A good news that I am willing to share to others. Lord, thank you. A million thanks Father.

Last night after we prayed together on skype, hubby told me that my picture on his computer  has rays of light and it was the first time he saw that one. He even showed it to me and I was amazed hearing from him and seeing it. It looks like rays of light from heaven. Hubby even told me that, it was a sign from God. I told him that yes, God has been showing you even before when you were a child that He is there. Lord, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Lord for always there for us and loving us unconditionally. We owe this to you Lord and forever be grateful for this big miracle in our lives. I love you Lord.

Mama Mary, Pray For Us

Mama Mary, I know you are there ready to help us. We need your intercession Mama Mary for my hubby's complete healing, spiritual and physical. We believe Mama Mary that only our Lord can heal my hubby, please pray for my hubby. Thank you Mama Mary. I will do my best no to miss a day in praying the rosary, please help me too Mama Mary. You have proven from many other people and from my experience too that You are there ready to help us, praying for us. I have read miracle stories praying the rosary, I need a miracle Mama Mary. My hubby really needs healing Mama Mary, please Mama Mary, intercede for us. Thank you Mama Mary. Thank you Lord.

Our Lady's 15 Promises for Praying the Rosary

I'm very happy to be able to teach the children in our alley/area to pray the Rosary. Everyday, around 6:30 in the evening, we gather together to pray the rosary. I had been thinking this before to lead the "Birhen sa Barangay" as a thanksgiving to God and Mama Mary for all the blessings and this is also my way to let the kids experience what I experienced before. Thank you Lord for this chance to lead the children to pray the rosary. Thank you Mama Mary for all your intercessions from the past and for all that you are still going to intercede for us.

I search online about Mama Mary's Promises of  you pray the rosary wholeheartedly.


Besides the Indulgences attached to the Rosary, Our Lady revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche additional benefits for those who devoutly pray the Rosary. Our Lady's promise is shown in darker blue text. Additional explanation on and doctrinal connections to each promise is shown following in the smaller normal text font and color. Note that the Rosary is the prayer (non-Liturgical) with the most published Magisterial / Papal documents expounding on its excellence. Vatican II's summary on Our Lady is contained in Lumen Gentium chapter VIII.

1.	Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.Signal Graces are those special and unique Graces to help sanctify us in our state in life. See the remaining promises for an explanation for which these will consist. St. Louis de Montfort states emphatically that the best and fastest way to union with Our Lord is via Our Lady [True Devotion to Mary, chapter four].
2.	I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.Our Lady is our Advocate and the channel of all God's Grace to us. Our Lady is simply highlighting that She will watch especially over us who pray the Rosary. (seeLumen Gentium chapter VIII - Our Lady #62) [a great more detail is available on this topic in True Devotion to Mary, chapter four, by St. Louis de Montfort]
3.	The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin and defeat heresies.This promise, along with the next, is simply the reminder on how fervent prayer will help us all grow in holiness by avoiding sin, especially a prayer with the excellence of the Rosary. An increase in holiness necessarily requires a reduction in sin, vice, and doctrinal errors (heresies). If only the Modernists could be convinced to pray the Rosary! (see Lumen Gentium chapter V - The Call to Holiness #42) St. Louis de Montfort states "Since Mary alone crushed all heresies, as we are told by the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit (Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary)..." [True Devotion to Mary #167]
4.	It will cause good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for Eternal Things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.This promise, along with the previous, is the positive part, that being to live invirtue. Becoming holy is not only avoiding sin, but also growing in virtue. (seeLumen Gentium chapter V - The Call to Holiness #42)
5.	The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.Since Our Lady is our Mother and Advocate, She always assists those who call on Her implicitly by praying the Rosary. The Church reminds us of this in the Memorareprayer, "... never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided ..."
6.	Whosoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of Eternal Life.This promise highlights the magnitude of Graces that the Rosary brings to whomever prays it. One will draw down God's Mercy rather than His Justice and will have a final chance to repent (see promise #7). One will not be conquered by misfortune means that Our Lady will obtain for the person sufficient Graces to handle said misfortune (i.e. carry the Crosses allowed by God) without falling into despair. As Sacred Scripture tells us, "For my yoke is sweet and my burden light." (Matthew 11:30)
7.	Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.This promise highlights the benefits of obtaining the most possible Graces at the hour of death via the Sacraments of Confession, Eucharist, and Extreme Unction (Anointing of the Sick). Being properly disposed while receiving these Sacraments near death ensures one's salvation (although perhaps with a detour through Purgatory) since a final repentance is possible.
8.	Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the Light of God and the plenitude of His Graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the Merits of the Saints in Paradise.Our Lady highlights the great quantity of Graces obtain through praying the Rosary, which assist us during life and at the moment of death. The merits of the Saints are the gift of God's rewards to those persons who responded to His Grace that they obtained during life, and so Our Lady indicates that She will provide a share of that to us at death. With this promise and #7 above, Our Lady is providing the means for the person to have a very holy death.
9.	I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.Should one require Purgatorial cleansing after death, Our Lady will make a special effort to obtain our release from Purgatory through Her intercession as Advocate.
10.	The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of Glory in Heaven.This promise is a logical consequence of promises #3 and #4 since anyone who truly lives a holier life on earth will obtain a higher place in Heaven. The closer one is to God while living on earth, the close that person is to Him also in Heaven. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states "Spiritual progress tends toward ever more union with Christ." (Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 2014)
11.	You shall obtain all you ask of me by recitation of the Rosary.This promise emphasizes Our Lady's role as our Advocate and Mediatrix of all Graces. Of course, all requests are subject to God's Most Perfect Will. God will always grant our request if it is beneficial for our soul, and Our Lady will only intercede for us when our request is good for our salvation. (see Lumen Gentium chapter VIII - Our Lady #62)
12.	All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.If one promotes the praying of the Rosary, Our Lady emphasizes Her Maternal care for us by obtaining many Graces (i.e. spiritual necessities) and also material necessities (neither excess nor luxury), all subject to the Will of God of course.
13.	I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during their life and at the hour of death.Since Our Lady is our Advocate, She brings us additional assistance during our life and at our death from all the saints in Heaven (the Communion of Saints). See paragraphs 954 through 959 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
14.	All who recite the Rosary are my Sons, and brothers of my Only Son Jesus Christ.Since the Rosary is a most excellent prayer focused on Jesus and His Life and activities in salvation history, it brings us closer to Our Lord and Our Lady. Doctrinally, Our Lady is our Mother and Jesus is our Eldest Brother, besides being our God. (see Lumen Gentium chapter VIII - Our Lady #62)
15.	Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.Predestination in this context means that, by the sign which is present to a person from the action of devoutly praying the Rosary, God has pre-ordained your salvation. Absolute certainty of salvation can only be truly known if God reveals it to a person because, although we are given sufficient Grace during life, our salvation depends upon our response to said Grace. (See Summa Theologica, Question 23 for a detailed theological explanation). Said another way, if God has guaranteed a person's salvation but has not revealed it to Him, God would want that person to pray the Rosary because of all the benefits and Graces obtained. Therefore the person gets a hint by devotion to the Rosary. This is not to say that praying the Rosary guarantees salvation - by no means. In looking at promises #3 and #4 above, praying the Rosary helps one to live a holy life, which is itself a great sign that a soul is on the road to salvation. (See also paragraphs 381, 488, 600, 2782 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.) In fact, St. Louis de Montfort says even more strongly that "an infallible and unmistakable sign by which we can distinguish a heretic, a man of false doctrine, an enemy of God, from one of God's true friends is that the hardened sinner and heretic show nothing but contempt and indifference to Our Lady..." [True Devotion to Mary, #30]

Reminder: these promises mean that, by faithfully and devoutly praying the Rosary, Our Lady will obtain for us the necessary Graces to obtain said promises. It is still up to each individual soul to respond to those Graces in order to obtain salvation.



Source: http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/prayer/15promise.htm

I Chose to Trust God Wholeheartedly

Today, I chatted with my hubby. I listened to him and so many complains regarding his health. He is still having watery poops until now, back pain, numbness behind shoulder and tummy pain. The bad thing I heard from him is he said he will going to die young. I told him don't say that because if God wants to take your life early, he had done that already before. I thought he had changed already Lord but he said again that if He die before the age of 50, he will curse You. Lord, what will I do for him to change that kind of attitude, he needs to lower himself before you Lord but he doesn't know how.. please Lord, my hubby really needs you, please Lord transform Him in to the person You wanted him to be. He is very nice man Lord but he has a temper and pride that only You can change. Lord, upon hearing those words from my hubby, I chose not to cry, fight, I just listened and told him the right things but very hard for him to understand what I am saying.. Am i forcing him so hard Lord? Instead of getting mad, I decided to put my trust in You Lord. It is up to Your will Lord.. LOrd, make your will happen to my hubby. I believe Lord that you have plans for us. Plans not to harm us but for our good. Take care of my hubby Lord, change him according to your will and not my will.  Thank you Lord. I don't want to worry no more Lord because I trust You. Help me Lord and guide me   if what You want me to do. All glory to You Lord.

Appointment Confirmation for Colonoscopy

This is a copy of my hubby's appointment for colonoscopy on October 22, 2012.
Lord, I'm asking you Lord God to completely heal my hubby before the said date of his colonoscopy. I'm asking this Lord God with my all my heart and I will give this to You for Your glory Lord. I will repost this in every miracle stories I will encounter. Heal my hubby completely Lord, in Jesus name and asking the intercession of Mama Mary and St. Jude. Thank You Lord. Thank You Lord. Forever I will praise You Lord. I don't doubt your power Lord and I believe You are our Healer. You've showed in from the past Lord and you are still continuing doing it through hearing different testimonies of their healing. Help us not to look back and doubt You Lord. I want to offer this to You Lord for your glory, please take it Lord. Thank you again Lord. I love you my God.

Appointment Confirmation
Patient Name :
Patient ID# :
Procedure : Colonoscopy
Region :
Physician : Cavazos, Jorge Miguel M.D.
Address of Clinic : San Antonio GI Endoscopy Center
520 East Euclid Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
Clinic Phone : (214) 689 5960
Scheduled for : 10/22/2012 at 12:00 PM
Instructions:
1. You should arrive 1 hour before your appointment.
2. Bring along all medical records and active prescriptions.
3. If you need to reschedule your appointment, you must do so at least 3 days prior to your scheduled appointment. Cancellations must be made in writing via email at info@colonoscopyassist.com
4. You will need to have someone to pick you up after your procedure.
5. You should receive your prep instructions from the clinic directly. If you have not received your prep instruction up to 3 days before your appointment, call the clinic immediately.

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Rocky Roads

My hubby is still experiencing watery stool with drops of blood. I admit, I was scared when he shared me that and I was telling him to go to the ER or clinic wherever he can get stool exam. But he said he will just wait for his colonoscopy schedule.
Lord, what else we need to do, please guide us and enlighten us, be with us Lord on how to react things, and everything that is happening. I admit Lord I was scared and sorry for that Lord. I know I just need to trust You 100 percent. Please help me and hubby how to do it. You know Lord we don't much money right now and we need to start processing our papers. Sometimes Lord it is so depressing but I always turn to Your words Lord God, thank you Lord for being there when we are weak and helpless.
Hubby just submitted his forms for colonoscopy, Lord. he needs to do this. But if You know Lord God that nothing wrong with Him, please Lord cancel the date of colonoscopy and heal him Lord prior to the test. We need your intervention and your hand to touch my hubby Lord. Thank you so much Lord in advance and this is Yours Lord.